Endangered Desert Bilby (IMAGE) Uppsala University Caption In a new paper, published in Scientific Reports, an international team of researchers has analyzed fossils and DNA from living and recently extinct species to show that conservation sensitive Australasian marsupials are much older than previously thought. Credit Michael Westerman Usage Restrictions May only be published in connection to reports about the research by Kear, B. P, Aplin, K. P. & Westerman, M License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.